SW WA Fishing Report (12-2-20)

THE FOLLOWING FISHING REPORTS ARE COURTESY OF BRYANT SPELLMAN, WDFW; AND TACOMA POWER

Preliminary Washington tributary sampling summary November 23-29, 2020

December 2, 2020 

Tributary Fishery Report 

Salmon/Steelhead: 

Cowlitz River – I-5 Br downstream – Three bank rods had no catch.  

Above the I-5 Br – 53 bank rods kept two coho, eight cutthroat and released one coho jack, one  steelhead and 18 cutthroat. 6 boats/18 rods kept one coho, one cutthroat and released one coho and  three cutthroat.

Cowlitz Fish Report

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November 30, 2020

Last week, Tacoma Power employees recovered 1,025 coho adults, 228 coho jacks, 90 cutthroat trout, six winter-run steelhead adults, two summer-run steelhead adults, and one fall Chinook adult during four days of operations at the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery separator.

During the past week, Tacoma Power released 85 coho adults and 56 coho jacks at Franklin Bridge in Packwood and they released 101 coho adults and 44 coho jacks into the Cispus River by Yellow Jacket Creek near Randle.

Tacoma Power released 429 coho adults, 82 coho jacks and two winter-run steelhead adults into Lake Scanewa and they released 353 coho adults, 46 coho jacks, one fall Chinook adult, and six cutthroat trout into the Tilton River.

River flows at Mayfield Dam are approximately 5,120 cubic feet per second on Monday, November 30, 2020. Water visibility is 10 feet and the water temperature is 48.2 F. River flows could change at any time so boaters and anglers should remain alert for this possibility.

• Get information about river flows and lake levels at MyTPU.org/LakeLevels.

Cowlitz Fish Stats: 

• Graphs of adult returns by species for each week and 10-year averages.
• Tables of collections by species for each week, season to date and weekly 5-year averages.